Another aircraft which possesses the qualities of a fast jet and a GA aircraft is the Embraer Tucano. There is already a request for the Tucano T.1, which is operated by the RAF and license built by the Short Brothers.
This thread covers the original Embraer Tucano, which is used by a great number of different operators as either basic trainer aircraft, or light attack aircraft. This means that many different livery options would be available if this aircraft were added to the game.
The RAF Tucano (built under license by Shorts) does have some differences. Most notably the engine, which is more powerful, and the propeller, which has four blades rather than three. There are other differences to the avionics, wings, brakes and canopy. The Shorts Tucano also has a ventral airbrake. I did ask Swiss188 if he wanted to include the other Tucanos in his request, and he didn’t, so I made this to cover them.
Pretty sure the RAF version has a more powerful engine… it’s over 1000hp which gives it a ceiling greater than 30000ft. It does have a shorter range of around 900nm.
Where did you get the endurance number from and what is it based on?
Remove it. It’s incorrect information, least I assume it is.
The airframes are pretty much similar except the RAF version is a lot more advanced and capable.
It’s engine lumps out 1100shp, ceiling is 34kft, range just over 900nm with a climb rate higher than 3500ftpm. Both have 4 props, only real difference is the engine.
The range for the embraer is just under 1100nm due to the less powerful engine. I doubt it takes 9hours to do that distance in these badboys haha
Yeah, 9 hours is almost certainly a mistake. Using the statistics for cruise speed and range, I calculated the maximum flying time at cruise to be 4 hours and 20 minutes.
